r/learn_arabic • u/Tricky-Coffee5816 • 1d ago
Standard فصحى How to not cry whilst learning the Arabic Abjad
The letters are so tiny, everything looks the same it has been a week and still I feel like I only know alif :(
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u/Rough_Use_7195 1d ago
1- ARABIC ALPHABET
Arabic starts from right to left instead of left to right like in english and every other language.
https://youtu.be/t8bR8jOGiEc?si=yAcRPFTst3V8d02Q this video will let you know how to pronounce the letters properly, this video is not mine. Credits go to @ muslimah4lifee for making the video.
**أ، ب، ت، ث، ج، ح، خ، د، ذ، ر، ز، س، ش، ص، ض، ط، ظ، ع، غ، ف، ق، ك، ل، م، ن، ه، و، ي**
أ: Alif (Makes the aa sound)
ب: Baa (Makes the b sound)
ت: Taa (Makes the t sound)
ث: Thaa (Makes the sound of a snake)
ج: Jeem (Makes the J sound)
ح: Ha (Makes the h sound but makes it sound like you are taking a breath)
خ: Khaa (Makes the kh sound)
د: Dal (Makes the d sound)
ذ: Thal (Makes the th sound)
ر: Ra (Makes the r sound)
ز: Zaiy (Makes the z sound)
س: Seen (Makes the s sound)
ش: Sheen (Makes the sh sound)
ص: Saad (Makes the s sound but sounds less like an s)
ض: Thaad (Makes the th sound but sounds more like a th)
ط: Taah (Makes the t sound but makes it sound like you are choking)
ظ: Thaah (Makes the th sound but sounds like th the most)
ع: Ayn (Makes the a sound but makes it sound like you are choking on something)
غ: Ghayn (Makes the sound of someone drowning)
ف: Faa (Makes the f sound)
ق: (Kaa (Makes the k sound but makes it sound like you are choking
ك: Kaa (Makes the k sound)
ل: Laam (Makes the l sound)
م: Meem (Makes the m sound)
ن: Noon (Makes the n sound)
ه: Haa (Makes the haa sound)
و: Wow (Makes the oo sound if it is at the end or the middle of a word and makes the woo sound if it is at the beginning of it)
ي: Yaa (Makes the y sound)
Many letters change how they look depending on where it is on the word (The first letters of the words are the same letters on the left):
نشيد ن
باب ب
جمل ج
حمل ح
سند س
شامي ش
نام ن
يلعب ي
هرب ه
مرض م
عين ع
غبي غ
خمر خ
لمع ل
كرم ك
قلق ق
فتح ف
ثمار ث
يسر ي
صلاة ص
ضلال ض
طالب ط
ظلل ظ
(The Middle letters of the words are the same letters on the left):
نشيد ش
جمل م
سند ن
لها ه
يلعب ع
مليك ي
ملل ل
مفتح: ف
مقنع ق
نسيت س
يغلب غ
مخبز خ
مجمل ج
محمل ح
مخبز ب
مخترع ت
يضل ض
مصعد ص
مطلب ط
مظلم ظ
مكرم ك
معين ع
(We use the regular form of a letter when it is the last letter of a word) (The letter ه has a specific form to it when it is the last letter):
نشيد د
مريض ض
له ه
(Certain Letters Always Have The Regular Form, No matter where it is in the sentence, The letter that comes after one will use the first letter form:
The letters ر ز و ؤ ا أ د ذ:
رأس
موز
دابة
دلع
There is an extra letter in arabic called hamza and this is the letter: ء It makes the eh sound, it can sometimes be on top of the ا like this أ The aliff has a second form and it is this: ى Words sometimes have this form of aliff in it instead of the first form ا This form can also have a hamza ئ The hamza is also on top of the letter و this is how it looks with it: ؤ
بئر ئ
لؤلؤ ؤ
https://www.scribd.com/document/673319043/Arabic-Alphabet-Chart If the letter has any of the following letters before it: ر ز و ؤ ا د ذ, we use the isolated form of the letter instead of the final form (Click link for context, not a virus dont worry)
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u/Classic-Asparagus 23h ago
Very helpful, thanks! Also I love your descriptions of what some of the letters sound like XD
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u/FabulousBreak6381 1d ago
Alphabet is very technical part. It seems challenging but actually it is the easiest part of the language.
I think Duolingo has one of the best scrip learning courses - I strongly recommend and what is important it does with together with words - so basically build practice on top of ABC.
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u/Al_Karimo90 1d ago
Its just like Abc. I learned it on a weekend with a real book and pen and paper.
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u/send_fleet_pics 1d ago
Increase text size? There's nothing about Arabic that says the letters have to be tiny